Blokhintsev D . and . (1908-1979) - an outstanding physicist with an encyclopedic breadth of interests , author of numerous monographs and a classical textbook on quantum mechanics , Scientific Director of the World's First Nuclear Power Plant , organizer and first director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna , Hero of Socialist Labor , Knight of many higher orders of the USSR , Laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR , Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and member of a number of foreign academies. The work of D. is included in this volume. and . Blokhintsev on fundamental issues of quantum mechanics, articles devoted to essential-nonlinear and nonlocal field theory and elementary particle theory, speeches on general issues of science and philosophical issues of natural science, as well as some popular scientific articles The publication is designed for researchers-physicists, graduate students and senior students of universities .